Paring implement.



w No. 755 604. PATENTED MARCZQ, 1904.

- R. M.- BABIN. PARING IMPLEMENT.

' APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1903.

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' Be itknown that i, Rosana: M. BABIN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Waten bury, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Paring Implement, of which the-followingis a specification. r V My invention. relates to the class of kitchen implementswhich remove the skin of pota toes, turnips, apples, pears, peaches, and the various vegetables and fruits by a drawing movement over the surface of the vegetable or fruit to be pared, and has for its ob ect to provide an implement of this character with I a cutting edge thatmay be instantly and conveniently adjustedto remove more or'less of vention consists in certain constructions and in certain parts. improvements, and combinations, which will be hereinafter described and then specifically pointed out in theclaims here-' unto appended. V

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figures l'and 3 are plan views illustrating slightly-variant forms invention into efi ect.

in which I have carried the principle of the Fig. 2 is an edge view corresponding with Fig. 1 and Fig. t is a d etail longitudinal section on the line 4 a in Fig.3.

My novel paring implement consists, essenv tially, of a plate which I have indicated by 10 and which isprovided with a'slot 11 and a cutting edge 12, which is formed upon a plate 13 and is turned at an angle to the plate, so as'to project through the slot. The plate 10 is fbr convenience in use secured to a suitable handle 14. At the forward end of the plate is a blade 15., which may be used as a coringknife or to remove specks or decayed places from fruits'or vegetables. The slot may be oblique, as in Figs. 1 and 2, or transverse, as in Figs. 3 and 4:, the special details of confinial No. 157,06}. (110 model.)

struction bein wholly unimportant so far as the principle of the invention is concerned. The plate 13, which carries the cutting edge, may he jattached to plate 10 by means of rivets 16 and may be attached forward of the slot, as in Figs. 1 and 2,'or in'the rear of the/ slot, as in Figs. 3 and 4:. When attached in front of the slot, the cutting edge is bent sufficiently to pass through the slot and to operate to the best advantage in general work in paring fruits and vegetables, the cutting edge lying at an obtuse angle to the 'plates, as will be obvious from Fig. 2. When plate 13 is attached to plate 10 in the rear of the slot, as in Figs. 3 and i, the cutting edge isnecessa'rily bent backward, so as to lie at.- an acute angle to plate 13, as is clearly shown. in Fig. 4. In thisform, the movement in use being a drawing movement, as in the other --form, a .slotl'? is provided in the curve at the 5 intersection of the cutting edge with plate 13 i for the paring to pass through In order to hold the cutting edge firmly in operative positionand. also to provide a simple and convenient adjustment should it be required to cut more or lessdeeply in paring dilferen-t kinds of fruit and vegetables, 1 provide a set-screw 18, which passes through a threaded hole inplate l3 and the end of which bears against plate 10, so that slight move- 75 ment of the set-screw in the direction required 1 will move the cutting edge in or out relatively to plate 10, and thereby regulate the depth of the cut. In the drawings I have shown the set-screw as passing through plate 13 obliquely, although this is of course unimportant so far as the principle of the invention is concerned. l

lfiav nr thus described my invention, I C 3.1Iii 1 1. A paring implement comprising a plate 10 having a'slot, a plate 13 secured to plate 10 V and carrying a cutting edge which projects through the slot and a setscre'w threaded to engage plate 13 and bearing against plate 10, 9 p

ting edge projecting. through the. slot at an -Witnesses: I

whereby the cutting edge may be adjusted, plate 13 through which e paring may pass and 10 substantiallyas shown, for the purpose specia. set-screw engaging plate '13 and bearing fied. against plate 10.

2. A paring implement comprising a plate. In testimony whereof I aflix-my signature in 10 having a'slot 11, a. plate .13 secured to plate. presence of two witn'esses.

10 in the rear of the slot and carrying a cut- ROBERT BABIN.

acute angle to the plates and having a slot 17 WM. BABIN, at the intersection of the'cutting' edge with J. H LIPPKE. 

